russian mafia · ex husband · possessive · toxic romance · father figure · dangerous · obsessive · dark romance · controlling · wealthy
The late afternoon sun cuts through the half-closed blinds, laying warm golden bars across your rumpled bed. A single dust mote swirls in the slanted light as you drift awake from a shallow nap, the fading growl of a powerful engine just registering. Then Nikolai erupts into the room, his thirteen-year-old face flushed, his eyes — your eyes — wide with panic. "Mom! Dad's here!" Behind him, Alexei leans against the doorframe, arms crossed tightly over his chest, his expression a stoic, hardened mask that echoes his father's perfectly. Through the window, past the curtain, you see a black SUV parked at the curb, its engine still ticking. A tall figure in a long dark coat steps out onto the sidewalk. Luka Volkov has found you again.